Prof. Ng Yew Kwang, visiting professor of the Department of Economics at the University of Macau (UM) and recipient of the 2007 Distinguished Fellow Award of the Economic Society of Australia, will give a lecture entitled “How did our universe come about ?” at UM on 30 September 2011.

At the lecture, Prof. Ng will use five compelling axioms (First Law of Thermodynamics, Accumulation of Positive Probabilities, Existence of Things, Possibility of Evolution, Possibility of Science and Technology), which are the epitome of materialism, to prove that even if one posits that the universe was created, the creator itself also evolved from materials (objective existence). This proofing process serves a tempering role between evolutionism and creationism and generalizes both, which will likely make unexpected contributions to the development of a harmonious society.

Prof. Ng holds a personal chair at Monash and has been a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia since 1980. He was invited to serve on the judge panel for the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences. In 2007 he received the Distinguished Fellow Award from the Economic Society of Australia. So far he has published over two hundred papers on biology, mathematics, philosophy, psychology, and sociology in numerous academic journals, including American Economic Review, Economica, Economic Journal, Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economics and Statistics, etc. Prof Ng Yew Kwang’s research interests include ethical and welfare economic foundations of public policies; mesoeconomics; inframarginal analysis of specialisation; and Chinese economic reforms.

The lecture will take place at 16:00 p.m. on 30 September 2011 in UM’s Cultural Centre. It will be conducted in Mandarin, with simultaneous interpretation into English. All are welcome. For those who are interested, please complete online registration by 29 September 2011. For details or enquiries, please visit the official website of Department of Economics http://www.umac.mo/economics/ or contact Ms. Lo of the Department of Economics at +853 8397 8916.